About
Dave Goelz
Overview
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Dave Goelz (born July 16, 1946) is a puppeteer best-known for his association with The Muppets, and in particular with the Muppet character Gonzo. His other Muppet characters include Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot (the saxophonist of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem), Beauregard the janitor and Tiny (the humungous chicken in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland) . He also performed the characters of Boober Fraggle and Uncle Travelling Matt on Fraggle Rock. He also performed the puppetry for various characters, including Sir Didymus and Wiseman's Hat (both voiced by David Shaughnessy) in Labyrinth. Outside of Muppeteering, he is the current voice actor for the Disney character Figment. After Jim Henson died in 1990, Goelz took over puppeteering Waldorf in 1992.
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Known for
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| 2024 | Inside Out 2 | Actor | Mind Cop Frank (voice) | 74 Good |
| 2024 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | The Muppets Mayhem | Actor | Zoot (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2022 | Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic | Actor | Zoot (voice) / Boober (voice) / Gonzo (voice) / others (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock | Actor | Boober Fraggle (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2021 | Dear Earth | Actor | Zoot (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Muppets Haunted Mansion | Actor | Gonzo / Bunsen / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf / Chip / Randy Pig | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | Muppets Now | Actor | Dr. Bunsen Honeydew | 64 Fair |
| 2020 | Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II | Actor | The Muppets Puppeteer | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Fraggle Rock: Rock On! | Actor | Boober Fraggle / Travelling Matt (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2018 | The Muppets Take The O2 | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Waldorf / Beauregard / Chip / Himself (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity | Actor | Gonzo/Waldorf (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2015 | The Muppets | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Waldorf / Zoot (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Actor | Subconscious Guard Frank (voice) | 78 Good |
| 2015 | Muppet Moments | Actor | The Great Gonzo | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Actor | The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Beauregard, Waldorf | 61 Fair |
| 2013 | Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular | Actor | The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf, Zoot (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala | Actor | Gonzo / Waldorf / Beauregard (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Actor | Waldorf (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade | Actor | Waldorf (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2011 | The Muppets | Actor | Gonzo / Honeydew / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf (voice) | 64 Fair |
| 2009 | The Muppets: Habanera | Actor | Waldorf (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2009 | The Great Debate | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2008 | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Studio DC: Almost Live | Actor | Gonzo the Great, Zoot, Waldorf, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Pancake the Water Buffalo | 70 Good |
| 2008 | The Muppets: Classical Chicken | Actor | The Great Gonzo | 59 Average |
| 2008 | The Muppets: Stars & Stripes FOREVER! | Actor | Waldorf | 59 Average |
| 2008 | The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live | Actor | Gonzo / Waldorf (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Journey Through the Labyrinth | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal' | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Best Ever Muppet Moments | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | Actor | Tin Thing / Kalidah Critic #2 / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot | 57 Average |
| 2005 | Fraggle Rock - Dance Your Cares Away | Actor | Boober Fraggle (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Fraggle Rock - Live by the Rule of the Rock | Actor | Boober Fraggle / Philo / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 | Actor | Gonzo / Waldorf ("Keep Fishin") | 59 Average |
| 2003 | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / Zoot (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Kermit's Swamp Years | Actor | Waldorf (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin' | Actor | Gonzo | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | I Love Muppets | Actor | The Great Gonzo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2001 | The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 | Actor | Gonzo / Beauregard | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas | Actor | Jack the Dog | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Actor | Humongous Chicken (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Muppets from Space | Actor | Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / The Birdman (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 | Actor | Gonzo / Zoot / Dr Bunsen Honeydew | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Very Best of the Muppet Show | Actor | Gonzo / Zoot / Dr Bunsen Honeydew | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Muppets Tonight | Actor | Gonzo the Great / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard | 70 Good |
| 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / Mudwell the Mudbunny / Zoot (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 1996 | Muppet Sing Alongs: Muppet Treasure Island | Actor | The Great Gonzo (voice) (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth | Actor | Gonzo (as Gonzo The Great) | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake | Actor | 70 Good |
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| 1994 | Muppet Classic Theater | Actor | Gonzo / Rizzo the Rat / Randy Pig (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Secret Life of Toys | Actor | Rugby / Ditz | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green | Actor | Gonzo / Wendell / Otto the Octopus / Boober Fraggle (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | The Muppet Christmas Carol | Actor | The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens / Robert Marley / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Betina Cratchit / Rat / Zoot (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 1991 | Muppet*Vision 3D | Actor | Dr. Bunsen Honeydew | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | Muppet*Vision 3D | Actor | Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / The Great Gonzo / Zoot (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Beauregard / Boober Fraggle / ... (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special | Actor | Gonzo (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Jim Henson's Memorial Service | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | The Muppets at Walt Disney World | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard / Zoot (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Actor | Old Frog (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1989 | The Song of the Cloud Forest | Actor | Milton | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Miss Piggy's Hollywood | Actor | Gonzo | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Dog City: The Movie | Actor | Frisky (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1989 | The Jim Henson Hour | Actor | 71 Good |
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| 1988 | Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director | Actor | Gonzo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | A Muppet Family Christmas | Actor | Various Characters | 60 Fair |
| 1987 | Down at Fraggle Rock | Actor | Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt / Self | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | The Christmas Toy | Actor | Rugby the Tiger / Ditz (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Labyrinth | Actor | Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice) | 70 Good |
| 1986 | Fraggles Look For Jobs | Actor | Boober (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard / Zoot / Uncle 'Travelling' Matt Fraggle / Boober Fraggle | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets | Actor | Gonzo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1985 | Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff | Actor | Gonzo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Muppet Treasures | Actor | Gonzo / Zoot / Penguin | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | The Muppet Revue | Actor | Gonzo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1985 | Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets | Actor | Gonzo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1984 | The Bells of Fraggle Rock | Actor | Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1984 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Actor | Gonzo / Chester - Rat / Bill - Frog / Zoot / Beauregard / Dog / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Penguin (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 1983 | Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets | Actor | Gonzo the Great / Zoot / Lubbock Lou (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Fraggle Rock | Actor | Boober / Uncle "Traveling" Matt / Side Bottom / The World's Oldest Fraggle (voice) | 72 Good |
| 1982 | The Dark Crystal | Actor | Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master | 67 Fair |
| 1982 | The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show | Actor | Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1981 | Of Muppets & Men | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1981 | An American Werewolf in London | Actor | Beauregard (archive footage) | 71 Good |
| 1981 | The Great Muppet Caper | Actor | Gonzo / Beauregard / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Lobbuck Lou | 62 Fair |
| 1981 | The Muppets Go to the Movies | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Joe / Beauregard / Fireman (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1981 | Of Muppets & Men: The Making of the Muppet Show | Actor | Himself | 61 Fair |
| 1979 | John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Actor | The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Doglion / Iraqian in El Sleezo Cafe / Pig (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Actor | Various Muppets | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Orson Welles Show | Actor | Gonzo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1977 | Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas | Actor | Wendell / Pop-eyed Catfish / Will Possum (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Actor | Gonzo / Zoot / Beauregard / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice) | 78 Good |
| 1975 | Just a Few Announcements | Actor | Gonzo | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | Muppet Picker Upper | Actor | Gonzo (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | The Muppets Valentine Show | Actor | Brewster / Crumpet | N/A N/A |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | Actor | Teenager (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
Directing |
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| 1966 | Limbo: The Organized Mind | Directing | Assistant Director | 59 Average |
Production |
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| 2022 | Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock | Production | Co-Executive Producer | 70 Good |
Crew |
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| 1994 | Secret Life of Toys | Crew | Creative Consultant | N/A N/A |